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Nicole Minetti insisted that she invited girls only to attend dinner partiesPaolo Bona/Reuters

Foreign Staff

Last updated at 12:01AM, July 20 2013

A showgirl who turned to politics has been sentenced to five years in prison
for procuring prostitutes for racy parties held by Silvio Berlusconi.

Nicole Minetti, who became a regional councillor, was jailed along with two
other colleagues of the former Italian prime minister, Lele Mora, a
showbusiness agent, and Emilio Fede, a TV host, each of whom was sentenced
to seven years.

The three denied the charges, insisting that while they invited girls to
Berlusconi’s Milan villas, it was to attend elegant dinner parties.

Among the girls allegedly recruited by the trio was Karima el-Mahroug, the
exotic dancer nicknamed